Dan Weiner
(New York, New York, 1919 - 1959, Versailles, KY)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama
1956 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
13 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (33.8 x 26.9 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Museum Acquisition Fund
1997.35 b
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King is seen here around the time he first attained national prominence. In 1955 Rosa Parks, a black resident of Montgomery, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person. King, a young minister, gained recognition for his efforts in organizing a boycott that led to a 1956 federal court order requiring desegregation of the Montgomery buses.
Keywords
DocumentaryCivil Rights
Black and White
Male